ngl in light of all the troll/discourse bots showing up on bsky, remember that you do not owe anyone a response. You do not owe anyone online your time or attention, and replying to people is not an obligation. If you don't feel joy talking to someone here, just mute/block them and move on.
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On other apps I often felt I had to justify myself/ add context to the reply in case others saw it. But not on here. Just block and be done with it forever.
And I get it, with 20k followers maybe that’s hard, but it feels like not cleaning up when someone shits on your floor
I often hesitate, but in the end, it's much better for your mental health to not engage with people who give you the ick.
If it happens you can besides blocking, hit the three dots on a comment and click "hide for everyone"
Have a good day
If all they're doing is begging for money or doing a lot of sob stories while asking for money, it's likely a bot/scam.
Should you want to help, donate to good charities for it
Bot makers work to get around the bot blockers, and Bluesky mods work to find their new work around to block those
It’s frustrating to see people giving indirectly a voice to ragebait and disinformation to "own it" just block and report
This one progressive politician in portugal blocked a lot of people just didn’t like (some of who never interacted with her, but did interact with tweets "owning her") and often those ppl asked for*
Like she doesn’t own anyone an explanation, she can block whoever she desires and if you are butt hurt that’s on you 🙄
But that’s the thing
It didn’t used to be like this
Not here and not elsewhere and it’s exhausting
I didn’t have to block so many people and get so many random and weird comments
And I have to get them first before I can block
So yeah I’m annoyed
BLock And Move On
We don’t owe anyone anything, and yet making joy the goal of interactions on here is prevents certain types of work from happening, you know?
(Hope you don’t block me, even though it is def your right!)
I speak mostly from an artist/performer background, where people often feel they owe-
And yet the blocking culture - NOT to pin that all on you! - makes it harder to do certain types of work here.
…and can make a mild-mannered nerd girl (🙋🏽♀️) feel like she’s walking on eggshells, at times.
Quick to block means the trolls still win.😔
(Glad you didn’t block me, you seem cool! 💜)
Everything from sneaking folks onto block lists, to avoiding what might be healthy discomfort at political discussions…
The choice to block is ours, but has consequences like any other, I guess.🫤
Let them piss and froth about it with a block❤️